Crystal identification light microscopy at HCA FLORIDA LAKE MONROE HOSPITAL

1401 WEST SEMINOLE BLVD, SANFORD, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1285681908

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$176.50

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$176.50

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$6.64 with Humana vs $158.85 with NovaNet — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Humana TRICARE $6.64 ↓ -96%
Wellmed MGMCR $7.33 ↓ -96%
United AllPayerAppendix $7.33 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health MCR $7.33 ↓ -96%
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $7.33 ↓ -96%
Humana MGMCRHMO $7.33 ↓ -96%
United VACCN $7.33 ↓ -96%
BCBS MCRHMO $7.48 ↓ -96%
FL Health Care Plan MCR $7.48 ↓ -96%
United MCR $7.48 ↓ -96%
BCBS MCRPPO $7.48 ↓ -96%
Aetna MCR $7.51 ↓ -96%
WellCare MCR $7.70 ↓ -96%
Sunshine State MCR $7.70 ↓ -96%
American Health Plan MCR $7.77 ↓ -96%
AvMed MGMCR $7.77 ↓ -96%
Florida Complete Care MCR $7.84 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthspring MCR $7.84 ↓ -96%
Align Senior Care MGMCR $7.84 ↓ -96%
Gold Kidney of Florida MCR $7.99 ↓ -95%
Centurion GVT $8.06 ↓ -95%
Clear Spring Health MCR $8.06 ↓ -95%
Seminole County Sheriffs Office MGMCR $8.06 ↓ -95%
CarePlus MGMCR $8.36 ↓ -95%
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $8.43 ↓ -95%
Longevity Health Plan MCR $8.80 ↓ -95%
Oscar HIX $10.63 ↓ -94%
Solis Health Plan MCR $10.63 ↓ -94%
Simply Healthcare HIX $11.43 ↓ -94%
Optimum MGMCR $12.71 ↓ -93%
Freedom Health MCR $12.71 ↓ -93%
Simply MGMCR $27.18 ↓ -85%
Humana MGMCRPPO $29.32 ↓ -83%
Molina Healthcare MGMCR $33.53 ↓ -81%
Humana HMO $35.30 ↓ -80%
Humana PPO $35.30 ↓ -80%
Evolutions TieredNetwork $40.59 ↓ -77%
AvMed HMOFI $42.36 ↓ -76%
Sunshine State Health Plan QHP $45.01 ↓ -74%
AvMed ASOEO $49.42 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $52.95 ↓ -70%
Molina Healthcare HIX $56.48 ↓ -68%
United OptionsPPO $58.95 ↓ -67%
Florida Health Care Plan COMM $66.54 ↓ -62%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $79.42 ↓ -55%
Prime Health Sheriff WORKERSCOMP $88.25 ↓ -50%
Plotkin Health COMM $88.25 ↓ -50%
AvMed HIXOON $88.25 ↓ -50%
Prime Health Sheriff COMM $88.25 ↓ -50%
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $91.36 ↓ -48%
Prime Health WC $93.28 ↓ -47%
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $96.17 ↓ -46%
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $132.38 ↓ -25%
Three Rivers Provider Network WorkersComp $132.38 ↓ -25%
Multiplan Primary $137.67 ↓ -22%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $150.03 ↓ -15%
PPO Next COMM $150.03 ↓ -15%
PPO Next PPO $150.03 ↓ -15%
Multiplan Complementary $150.03 ↓ -15%
NovaNet COMM $158.85 ↓ -10%
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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